Kill when you wash your neck

Kill when you wash your neck

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is x ǐ J ǐ ngji ù L ù, which means to wash the neck and cut it under the knife. It means to wait for death. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

He said that he would tell the prime minister to wash his neck and kill him!

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: kill at the neck, sit and wait for death, and arrest at the end of your hand

The origin of Idioms

The eighty second chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "if you don't look at the prime minister, cut off your head first! Now I will let you go back and say to Sun Quan, "wash your neck and kill!"

Idiom explanation

Wash your neck and cut it under the knife. It means waiting for death.